Fluorite (ca. 1930s - Ross Lillie Coll.)

Item Description

Rich grape-purple, highly lustrous, dramatically intergrown fluorite cubes, to 2.3 cm, form a most sculptural and aesthetic miniature from this less well-known Cave-in-Rock District Mine. Some of the smaller cubes and corners of the larger ones have gorgeous gemminess to translucence and stunning color-zoning. The cubes GLOW with purple color, when back lit! Rare and exceptional old-time fluorite from the Ross Lillie Collection # 2201. Mined calculated 1930s.